2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9 and August 10.

Medalists

Gold	Andrus Värnik Estonia (EST)
Silver	Andreas Thorkildsen Norway (NOR)
Bronze	Sergey Makarov Russia (RUS)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
09.08.2005 – 11:45h	09.08.2005 – 13:20h
Final Round
10.08.2005 – 20:20h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Startlist

Athlete	Group	Number	SB	PB
Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	B	6	91.53 m	91.53 m
Sergey Makarov (RUS)	A	5	90.33 m	92.61 m
Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	A	7	87.66 m	87.66 m
Andrus Värnik (EST)	B	15	87.19 m	87.83 m
Scott Russell (CAN)	B	9	84.41 m	84.41 m
Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	B	7	84.24 m	88.90 m
Guillermo Martínez (CUB)	A	12	84.06 m	84.06 m
Aki Parviainen (FIN)	A	10	83.79 m	93.09 m
Christian Nicolay (GER)	B	12	83.20 m	84.54 m
Mark Frank (GER)	A	1	82.38 m	83.24 m
Ēriks Rags (LAT)	A	15	82.35 m	86.47 m
Ainārs Kovals (LAT)	B	8	82.22 m	82.22 m
Esko Mikkola (FIN)	B	11	82.14 m	84.27 m
Tomas Intas (LTU)	A	13	82.04 m	82.94 m
Francesco Pignata (ITA)	A	8	81.67 m	81.67 m
Li Rongxiang (CHN)	B	14	81.61 m	84.29 m
Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT)	B	3	81.30 m	84.95 m
Gergely Horváth (HUN)	A	16	80.91 m	81.55 m
Gabriel Wallin (SWE)	A	9	80.31 m	80.71 m
Lohan Rautenbach (RSA)	B	13	80.03 m	80.03 m
Yukifumi Murakami (JPN)	B	1	79.79 m	81.71 m
Nick Nieland (GBR)	A	2	79.56 m	85.09 m
Stefan Müller (SUI)	A	4	78.98 m	78.98 m
Ronny Nilsen (NOR)	B	5	78.93 m	84.73 m
John Hetzendorf (USA)	B	10	78.23 m	78.23 m
Oleg Statsenko (UKR)	A	11	78.02 m	79.44 m
Marián Bokor (SVK)	A	6	77.79 m	83.38 m
Vadim Bavikin (ISR)	B	2	77.57 m	81.94 m
Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR)	A	14	72.63 m	80.50 m
Dejan Angelovski (MKD)	B	4	58.23 m	76.50 m

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	Jena, Germany
Event Record	Jan Železný (CZE)	92.80 m	August 12, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	91.53 m	June 26, 2005	Kuortane, Finland

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	85.08	—	—	85.08 m
2	3	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	81.45	—	—	81.45 m
3	7	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	79.48	X	—	79.48 m
4	9	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	78.79	X	X	78.79 m
5	10	Guillermo Martínez (CUB)	75.28	78.37	X	78.37 m
6	11	Mark Frank (GER)	76.76	73.08	77.87	77.87 m
7	12	Tomas Intas (LTU)	77.08	X	X	77.08 m
8	13	Nick Nieland (GBR)	74.61	76.62	76.71	76.71 m
9	15	Stefan Müller (SUI)	76.30	71.54	69.93	76.30 m
10	19	Marián Bokor (SVK)	74.27	74.70	74.81	74.81 m
11	20	Firas Al-Mohamed (SYR)	72.63	X	X	72.63 m	SB
12	22	Gergely Horváth (HUN)	67.04	72.33	71.81	72.33 m
13	23	Francesco Pignata (ITA)	71.13	72.17	66.96	72.17 m
14	24	Gabriel Wallin (SWE)	68.72	63.50	72.04	72.04 m
15	29	Oleg Statsenko (UKR)	X	X	64.44	64.44 m
16	31	Shaka Sola (SAM) [1]	38.31	41.18	—	41.18 m	PB

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	82.21	—	—	82.21 m
2	4	Andrus Värnik (EST)	74.83	X	80.97	80.97 m
3	5	Ainārs Kovals (LAT)	X	80.80	78.05	80.80 m
4	6	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	79.65	76.00	—	79.65 m
5	8	Scott Russell (CAN)	79.45	77.11	X	79.45 m
6	14	Christian Nicolay (GER)	76.68	X	72.35	76.68 m
7	16	Vadims Vasilevskis (LAT)	75.76	X	76.16	76.16 m
8	17	Lohan Rautenbach (RSA)	X	75.94	X	75.94 m
9	18	Li Rongxiang (CHN)	74.95	X	X	74.95 m
10	21	Esko Mikkola (FIN)	71.87	72.54	71.50	72.54 m
11	25	John Hetzendorf (USA)	X	70.16	70.49	70.49 m
12	26	Ronny Nilsen (NOR)	70.07	—	—	70.07 m
13	27	Yukifumi Murakami (JPN)	X	67.84	68.31	68.31 m
14	28	Vadim Bavikin (ISR)	66.03	66.74	X	66.74 m
15	30	Dejan Angelovski (MKD)	56.66	58.23	55.83	58.23 m	SB

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Andrus Värnik (EST)	79.06	X	76.47	87.17	85.29	X	87.17 m
	Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)	78.36	81.52	83.41	85.71	86.18	X	86.18 m
	Sergey Makarov (RUS)	80.77	83.30	79.95	83.48	82.55	83.54	83.54 m
4	Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)	75.44	X	79.64	81.27	X	X	81.27 m
5	Alexandr Ivanov (RUS)	77.93	79.14	X	X	X	77.12	79.14 m
6	Ēriks Rags (LAT)	73.12	78.77	X	X	X	77.34	78.77 m
7	Ainārs Kovals (LAT)	74.05	X	77.61	X	X	X	77.61 m
8	Mark Frank (GER)	75.82	73.19	71.17	X	77.56	X	77.56 m
9	Aki Parviainen (FIN)	74.86	70.88	X				74.86 m
10	Guillermo Martínez (CUB)	72.68	69.42	X				72.68 m
11	Tomas Intas (LTU)	X	X	70.11				70.11 m
12	Scott Russell (CAN)	62.33	X	68.59				68.59 m